Unit 1
This crop allowed Jamestown to become the first English settlement
Tobacco
Who is the father of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
Which US president enforced the Indian Removal Act?
Andrew Jackson
Who is the general of the Confederacy?
Robert E. Lee
Who wrote the Jungle?
Upton Sinclair
What group of people came over from England?
Puritans
Who is the father of the constitution?
James Madison
Journey of the Cherokee from Georgia to Oklahoma was called the:
Trail of Tears
What was the underground railroad?
A series of secret network routes from the South to the free states; the point is to help slaves escape to freedom
What's a muckracker?
A journalist trying to expose a certain industry to the Public. (things only blow up when the public finds out)
Which colony is the most diverse, yet the most classist?
the middle colonies
Common Sense // Thomas Paine
What is manifest destiny?
The belief that it was America’s mission to expand from ocean to ocean, spreading democracy and freedom. Sig: Americans believed it was their God-given duty to conquer the Western territories and unify the Nation
What was Lincoln's primary goal in the Civil War?
To preserve the union
Energetic and young president; Loved to hunt and spend time in nature; Founded the National Park Service
Teddy Roosevelt
define classism
discrimination based on class/ wealth
What did the English establish to punish the colonists for the Boston tea party
Intolerable acts
What is the main cause of the war of 1812?
The British and French are impressing American soldiers/ Embargo act
What was the significance of the bleeding Kansas and the Kansas/ Nebraska Act?
becomes the Prelude to the Civil War
What's the purpose of the panama canal?
Facilitated movement between Atlantic and Pacific ports
Which of the following was added to the Constitution in order to gain the approval of the Anti-Federalists?
Bill of Rights
What foreign policy doctrine warned European nations not to become involved in internal affairs of nations in the Western Hemisphere?
Monroe Doctrine
One important result of the Mexican War was that:
We got large territory in the SW/ Cali area
What was the issue with Johnson's reconstruction plan?
He was too nice to the South; Lincoln wouldn't have been
In addition to dangerous work conditions, what killed construction workers of the panama canal?
Mosquitos